March 27, 2012

John Walter Scott, 85, of Hedrick Street, Newton, died Saturday, March 24, 2012, at Abernethy Laurels. The Scott family has entrusted arrangements to Jenkins Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Newton.

March 27, 2012

Catawba County Schools is asking the state to end its budget reversion process that stripped the school system of more than $5 million last year.

This week, the Catawba County Schools (CCS) Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution that asked state lawmakers to “eliminate” the discretionary reversion process that has taken away hundreds of millions of dollars from school systems across the state in recent years.

March 27, 2012

The coming academic year won't have any more school days than last year, even though start and end dates will change in Catawba County.

State public school officials recently overrode a 185-day school calendar requirement previously approved by North Carolina lawmakers. Local school boards throughout the state complained the extra days would create extra costs to operate buses and buildings without extra funding, and many of the state's districts applied for waivers to use the five additional days for staff development.

March 27, 2012

A man escaped serious injury when the medical supply van he was driving was hit by a freight train in Claremont on Monday.

Pick up the Tuesday edition of The O-N-E to find out what happens when you try to out-run a train â€”Â and lose.

A Morganton man was sentenced to at least 18.5 years in prison for the second-degree murder of an 82-year-old military veteran during a Conover home invasion in 2004. Two others involved in the fatal beating are already serving jail terms.